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Senior Commercial Counsel

Modal

New York, NY · Senior

$250,000 – $300,000

Listed on Modal’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Modal is seeking a first commercial lawyer to own customer and vendor contracts, build contracting templates and playbooks, and support their rapid scaling. This role suits someone with enterprise SaaS experience who can balance legal risk against business momentum while establishing legal operations foundations at a well-funded infrastructure company.

Our summary, not Modal’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

Skills this role names

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What they ask for

Required

  • 5-10 years of combined law firm and in-house commercial technology contracting experience
  • Meaningful experience supporting enterprise sales
  • JD and active bar membership in New York or California
  • Deep SaaS contracting expertise
  • Extensive CLM platform experience (Ironclad or similar)
  • Ability to build contract templates and playbooks from scratch
  • Working knowledge of privacy frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA)
  • Sound commercial judgment balancing legal risk with business needs

Nice to have

  • Experience with infrastructure, compute, or datacenter supply agreements

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